Are your funds protected?

Final Expense Planning

Consider This . . . Most significant events in our lives require planning; you rarely just let them happen.

Funerals Require Planning, Too!

• Like other major life events, funerals require planning.

• Today, prearranging and prefunding one’s own funeral is not uncommon. Of all Americans aged 50+ years, it is estimated that:

– 34% have preplanned their own funeral.*– 24% have prepaid at least a portion of

funeral or burial expenses.*

* AARP Funeral and Burial Planners Survey (2007).

Small Steps, Big Impact

You don’t have to decide everything all at once!

Set aside funds today.

If and when you’re ready to plan out the details, you can meet with the funeral home of your choice to make arrangements.

1.Life Insurance: These are funds intended to be left to your family and may not be immediately available.

2. Personal Savings: These are funds for day-to-day living. In the event of a lengthy illness, they may have eroded significantly.

3. Credit card or loan: This approach leaves heirs in debt.

4. Family and friends: Borrowing from family and friends can be embarrassing as well as a financial strain to repay.

Fortunately, there’s a better option. . .

In the past, there have been four common ways to pay for a funeral:

Funeral Expense Trust

A designated, prefunded plan that combines the financial stability of insurance with the security of a trust.

How Much Does a Funeral Cost?

• Today’s funeral costs less than you might think.

• The U.S. Senate Committee on Aging shows the average adult funeral price to be $8,495*.

If something happened to you today, how would your funeral be paid for?

*U.S. Senate Committee on Aging (2001); most recent data available.

Professional Services $1,283Embalming/ Cosmetology $537Memorial Service $670Flowers $250Transfer of Remains to Funeral Home $186Hearse $170Limo (2) $260Service Van $100Graveside $400Cemetery Charges $1,400Casket $2,477Vault $757

Total $8,495

Are Your Funds Protected?

• Among people turning 65 today, 69 percent will need some form of long-term care.*

• The national average cost of long term care is $68,255-76,460/year**

• Annual growth of 4% over the last five years**

• Many people who need long-term care will need to qualify for Medicaid at some point

• This may require reducing your countable assets by paying the nursing home, making allowable purchases, or exempting assets from consideration

• Putting your funds into a trust for funeral expenses exempts that money from Medicaid consideration

* American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging (2009)** Genworth Financial Cost of Care Survey (2008)

How a Funeral Trust Works

Life Insurance

Policy

Irrevocable Funeral

Trust

Pre-Planning Funds

Use money from Savings, CDs, etc . . .

Protected funds earn tax-free interest until

time of need

Policy Assigned to

Policy Value GROWS!

Excess Funds Paid to Estate

Funeral Provider Paid

Within 48 Hours

Claim Paid

Funds avoid probate costs and delays; expenses covered immediately

Fund Protection

IrrevocableFuneral

Trust

Creditors

Nursing Homes

Probate

Medicaid** Eligibility varies by state.

How the Trust ComparesNGL’s Final

Expense Trust AnnuitySavings Account CD

Money Market

Mutual Funds

Proceeds avoid probate costs

Yes Yes Depends Depends Depends Depends

Federal Income Tax-free death benefits

Yes No No No No No

Free of market risk Yes Depends Yes Yes No No

Principal guaranteed

Yes Yes Yes Yes No No

Defined growth rate Yes Depends No Yes No No

Funds protected from creditors

Yes No No No** No No

Excluded asset in order to qualify for Medicaid & SSI

Yes* No No No** No No

* Some state regulations apply; please consult your legal advisor.** Unless put into trust for funeral expenses.

Why NGL?

• 100 Years of Financial Stability

• $2.02 Billion in Current Assets

• A- (Excellent) Rating from A.M. Best

National Guardian Life Insurance Company

Madison, WI

Ratings current as of August 1, 2009.Financials current as of December 31, 2008.

Get Started

3. Next Steps (OPTIONAL): – Basic: Complete a brief, three-step Planning Guide, provided

compliments of NGL. Store this with your important documents.– Advanced: Meet with a local funeral home of your choice to

discuss service options and personal preferences.

• Lump sum transfer from savings, CDs or Money Market accounts

• Transfer funds from a pre-existing life insurance account [1035 Exchange]

• Add to the fund in installments over a period of one year

1. Work with your licensed NGL Financial Advisor

2. Establish your Trust-protected Final Expense Insurance Policy easily by:

© 2009 National Guardian Life Insurance Company, Madison, WI. Insurance coverage provided by National Guardian Life Insurance Company. National Guardian Life Insurance Company is not

affiliated with the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a/k/a The Guardian or Guardian Life.

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